casque telt

[F., dim. of casque.] A small steel cap or open helmet without beaver Casque tel, time of Edward IV., side and or vizor, but hav back views. ing a projecting umbril and overlapping plates behind for ease in throwing the head back. 1. To quash; defeat; annul.-2. To dismi ; cashier. To ca all old and unfaithful bands. cascar, break in pieces, burst: see cascadel, n., and quash1 .] 1. A close, water-tight ves- sel formed like a barrel with staves, headings, and hoops, and used for containing liquids or substances which may become liquid: a ge- neric term comprehending the pipe, hogshead, caddis - worm .] A caddis-worm. butt, barrel, etc.-2. An irregular measure of capacity. A cask of almonds is 3 hundredweight; a cask of cloves, etc., 300 pounds; a cask of pilchards, 50 gal- sures of capacity, as the Ru ian bochka , the Polish beczka , IMG:content-3224.png:[blocks in formation] Onely the heart and soule is cleane, yet feares the taincture of this polluted caske , and would have pa age [by thy revenging hand] from this loathsome prison and filthy truncke. Speed , Hist. Great Britain (1611), p. 379. casket1t (kas'ket), n. See casquet1 . casket2 (kas'ket), n. [Formerly also casquet (cf. casket1 = casquet1 ), casket , ca ette (= Pr. cai eta = Cat. capseta = It. ca etta ), a casket, coffer, chest, dim. of ca e, a chest, box, > E. cash2, and, earlier, E. case2 : see cash2 , case2.] 1. A small chest or box for jewels or other small articles. The same quayer to be put in a boxe called a Casket , loken. Here, catch this casket ; it is worth the pains. Shak ., M. of V., ii. 6. English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 379. Caskets full of pardons. Strype , Edw. VI., an. 1549. 2. A fanciful name applied to a book consisting of a number of selected literary or musical pieces: as, a casket of literary gems. [Rare.]-3. A coffin, especially a costly one: used as a softened synonym of coffin. [U.S.] -4. A stalk or stem. [North. Eng.] casket2 (kás'ket), v. t. [ I have writ my letters, casketed my treasure. The jewel safely casketed. IMG:content-3225.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-3226.png:[blocks in formation]